Acting like the ayatollah was some sort of, like, decent and humane individual that was taken out. This is the narrative. And you witnessed it right there in that interview with you. Well, The New York Times headline says, ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hardline cleric who made Iran a regional power, is dead at 86. Which is just ridiculous. And I'll say Mark Halperin had had an amusing take on it. He said that headline was a little bit like a headline, quote, jeffrey Dahmer, hungry Wisconsin man passes away. (11:44–11:56)
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Asserts that The New York Times published a headline about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death.
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